Summer 2005 - Hood College

Summer 2005
Hood Magazine 25
Class News and Notes
1928
Genevieve Emery Lippy
Gwynedd Square Center, B15C
773 Sumneytown Pike
Lansdale, PA 19446
It is with sincere regret we tell you of the passing
of Grace Lough Zweizig, who died Jan.12,
2005, in Allentown, Pa.
1930
Editor, Hood Magazine
401 Rosemont Ave.
Frederick, MD 21702
It is with a sad heart that we report the passing
of Dorothy L. Noble, who died Nov. 23, 2004,
in Chestertown, Md.; Elizabeth Cramer Lindsey,
who passed Dec. 31, 2004; and Lou Bennett
Hoover, who died Jan. 23, 2005.
1931
Mary Blair Lane Patterson
37 Shetland Ct.
Highlands Ranch, CO 80130
(303) 470-0111
(303) 141-0899 (fax)
I talk frequently by phone with Kathryn Wagner
Hartman, who still lives alone in Allentown, Pa.
She is doing well except for eye problems. Kitty
Schnebly Fockler is comfortable in a retirement
facility in Williamsport, Md. Carol Fuller
Chambers is happy in North Carolina and enjoys
living in a large retirement home. Dorothy
Coblentz Hines now lives in Rehoboth Beach,
Del., near a son. Marion Ruth Davis, who lives
alone, is in good heath except for vascular
degeneration. Mary McClintock Davis enjoys
activities in her retirement community and is still
traveling. As for me (Mary Blair Lane
Patterson), I just got back from a trip to Dallas. I
have 13 offspring, including four great grandchildren
living nearby, and enjoy walking and swimming.
Life is good!
1932
Estella Hoffman Rowe
Kelly Manor, Room 316
750 Kelly Dr.
York, PA 17404
Our sincere condolences go out to the families of
Marie Kepner Long, who died Nov. 20, 2004, in
Chambersburg, Pa., and Lucy Erwin Shafer, who
passed Nov. 21, 2004. We are also sad to report
the passing of Carroll Staley James, Oct. 22, 2004,
whose wife, Margaret Sager James, died in 1999.
1934
This class needs a reporter. If you can volunteer,
please contact: The Editor, Hood Magazine,
Hood College, 401 Rosemont Ave., Frederick,
MD 21701-8575; (301) 696-3977, hoodmagcnews@hood.edu.
Condolences to the family of Anna C. Saylor
Bennett, who died April 3, 2005, in Johnstown, Pa.
1935
Margaret Miller Dietz
183 Irving Rd.
York, PA 17403-3731
(717) 848-8763
cdietzjr@aol.com
1936
Lavenia Hargett Marsh
600 Schley Ave.
Frederick, MD 21702
(301) 663-9396
I really enjoyed the article in the last issue on the
history of Hood athletics. It was so good to see
the horseback riders in front of Coblentz Hall and
two of our class members, Poppy and Kaye. I
talked to Rhea “Poppy” Robinson Claggett; she
and Clagg are fine and are enjoying their retirement
living in Bethesda. She is still involved in
Carewear, initiated at Hood. Esther Gray writes
that she has moved to a retirement home in
Voorhees, N.J. She likes it very much and says “If I
ever do anything in the city again, I will be sure
to let you know.” Anita Allio McIntire spent
Christmas in Hawaii and Easter in Pine Mt. Lake
in California. I suppose “once a volunteer, always
a volunteer.” She began her Red Cross work in
Staten Island, N.Y., in 1941 and is still keeping
busy with a disaster group in Salinas and
Monterey, Calif. She gets to use her French and
Spanish in phone conversations in the office. Bea
Bomberger Posey writes, “Isn’t it fantastic that
we graduated from Hood 69 years ago!” She is
well and happy living in her garden court apartment
in Lititz, Pa. She enjoys her family and
social activities, especially bridge. Helen
Brenneman Lesser is fine and writes that she,
her son Fred and daughter-in-law Connie were
getting ready to retrace a trip through Tennessee
where they had taken their children when they
were young. Their itinerary would make all of us
want to join them. Meanwhile, in July, Helen
plans to go to Black Mountain, N.C., to spend
the summer as she has done for many years. V.V.
Wales Palen says she has no news. But, she says
this winter she experienced the greatest amount
of snow ever in Cape Cod. Also, she attended
weddings, birthday parties and the arrival of a
great grandchild. Esther Willard Sather’s daughter
Carol writes that her mother died March 5,
2005. Sincere condolences to all her family.
Condolences also to the families of Mary
Brinham Welty who died Dec. 9, 2004;
Elizabeth Godsell Crocker who passed Oct. 15,
2004; and Thelma Aulenbach Bright who died
June 20, 2004.
1937
Helene Schmauch Schaeffer
134 Stratford Village Way
Sun City Hilton Head
Bluffton, SC 29909-4579
(843) 705-6111
haws@hargray.com
Thanks to all who responded to my plea for
news. As we are all 90 or about to be, our news
is mostly changes of address, laments about no
longer being able to drive, pacemakers, ailments
and great grandchildren. However, most of us are
still maintaining active lifestyles, and I can even
report a marriage; so read on. Betty Anderson
Blair plays bridge, participates in a church Bible
study group and reads. Two children live nearbybut
her oldest son lives in Santa Fe, N.M. Betty
Austermuhl Lehman enjoys that her daughter,
Judy Lehman Ballinger ‘67, lives with her. For
Betty, Cape May Point is paradise. Pat Baldwin
Hoffman is seldom in her room at her retirement
residence. She continues to share her genial personality
and ready wit with all the others. Lu
Glock Graham still lives in her condo and still
drives. Her daughter Ann lives close by. Louise
“Lukie” Kling Tefft, despite her handicap of
macular degeneration, has a very positive outlook
on life. “As long as I can live alone, have a cat,
bake cookies and go out for dinner, I am not
griping,” she said. She cherishes the friendship of
a couple from Warren, Pa., and with them visited
the Grand Canyon in March 2004. Fran Mahony
Dye’s condo was badly damaged by two hurricanes;
her new address is: 1600 N E Dixie
Highway, Unit 101-1, Jensen Beach, FL 34957. In
May 2004 she and Del took a trans-Atlantic cruise
to Portugal. Midge McFerran Wuetig is proud
of her grandchildren. Her youngest is a sophomore
at American Univ. in Washington, D.C., two
are pursuing their master’s degrees at Villanova
Univ. and two have business careers in Greece.
After living in Maryland since birth, Mickey
McKee Wilson has moved to a retirement home
to be near her daughters. Her new address is:
201 Brooksby Village Dr., CC 623, Peabody, MA
01960. She is happy in her small but modern
Deadlines for Class Columnists
Class columnists reporting for even years should submit their columns to the editor by
Oct. 15 each year. Class columnists reporting for odd years should submit their columns
to the editor by May 1 each year. Classes 1936 and before may report in each issue.
You are welcome and encouraged to continually update the College with address changes,
job or title changes, marriages, births and deaths. You do not have to wait until your class
column is due. Please send the information to:
Editor, Hood Magazine
Hood College
401 Rosemont Avenue
Frederick, MD 21701
or e-mail hoodmagcnews@hood.edu